Business Continuity Archive

SSM Health, a non-profit health care provider, has informed 29,000 patients that their data may have been breached after a former call center employee improperly accessed medical records. In a statement released on December 29, 2017, SSM Health said the …

Whenever organizations seek certification, they rely on the good judgment of auditors. Most of the time that’s fine, but sometimes auditors pick up bad habits and make poor decisions. If you’re an auditor or an organization that’s being audited, you …

Last week’s gigantic data breach at OneLogin is a grave reminder of the data security risks posed by insecure supply chains. Although using password managers is generally considered good practice by information security managers, it also means that an organization …

Many people’s perception of ISO 9001, the international standard for best-practice quality management, is that it is all about documentation. There are indeed a number of documents mandated by the Standard, and the requirement that the quality management system (QMS) …

The Zika virus, spread by mosquitos, is thought to have “explosive pandemic potential”. As reported by the BBC, US scientists have ‘urged the World Health Organisation to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say has “explosive pandemic …

Three major US corporations ground to a halt after a number of technology glitches on Wednesday: A software malfunction halted trading at the New York Stock Exchange for four hours Hardware issues grounded hundreds of United Airlines planes for two …

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a blizzard warning from New Jersey to Maine, and with potentially the biggest storm on record hitting the East Coast, and two to three feet of snow expected overnight, a state of emergency …

Azure – Microsoft’s Cloud computing platform – has knocked many third-party websites offline, as well as disrupting the US firm’s own products, including Office 365. Azure’s customers include Apple, Boeing, and eBay, but at the moment it looks like only …

For commercial organisations, service disruptions, delays in responding to customer requests, inability to process transactions in a timely manner or being unable to resume business in the face of a disaster can all have significant impacts on the effective operation …